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The Obamas Will Donate $2 Million To Support Summer Jobs In Chicago This Year
The Huffington Post ^
| May 3, 2017
| Sam Levine
Posted on 05/03/2017 1:24:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Former President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he and Michelle Obama would personally donate $2 million to support summer jobs for Chicago young people this year.
Obama made the announcement while presenting preliminary plans for his presidential library and center in Chicagos Jackson Park neighborhood. Construction will take four years, but Obama said he wanted the facility to start offering programs immediately.
We dont want to wait for a building, he said. One of the things that we will be starting this year is Michelle and I personally are going to donate $2 million to our summer jobs programs here in the community, so that right away, young people can get to work and we can start providing opportunities to all of them.
Obama, who has faced criticism for making paid speeches to Wall Street since leaving the White House, said one reason he wanted his presidential center to begin offering programs is to combat the perception that Chicago is a dangerous city besieged by gun violence.
As somebody who has not been right here in Chicago over the last couple years, whenever I visit, I tell people, Chicagos never looked more beautiful. It has, it has never sparkled more, Obama said....
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TOPICS: Local News; Politics
KEYWORDS: chicago; illinois; obama; obamafoundation
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Now we know where some of that Iranian cash went.
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posted on
05/03/2017 1:26:18 PM PDT
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Former President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he and Michelle Obama would personally donate $2 million to support summer jobs for Chicago young people this year.
Really? That's wonderful. Two million dollars in Chicago will go a long way towards crime scene cleanup jobs.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Let us please see the proof they do this.
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posted on
05/03/2017 1:29:38 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Barack Obama said Wednesday that he and Michelle Obama would personally donate $2 million to support summer jobs for Chicago young people this year.
Make Work Jobs that will require No Skills or Performance, nothing like Crippling them when they are down hey.
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posted on
05/03/2017 1:30:08 PM PDT
by
eyeamok
(destruction of government records.)
To: All
"Chicagos never looked more beautiful. It has, it has never sparkled more"
Shootings have soared to 3,000+ per year. Murders at record levels, 750+ per year.
Obozo sure has an odd idea of "sparkling" goodness!!
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posted on
05/03/2017 1:30:31 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
bullet-proof vests would be more appropriate
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posted on
05/03/2017 1:32:34 PM PDT
by
SGCOS
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I tell people, Chicago’s never looked more beautiful. It has, it has never sparkled more,” Obama said....Obama ought to know. As our first gay president - he knows what sparkle is.
To: Responsibility2nd; Gamecock; Larry Lucido; KC_Lion; FredZarguna; PROCON
I think, if you're going to be a cop, the best job would be 'chalk outline guy'. The criminals are gone and they ask, "Could you sort of trace around this?"
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posted on
05/03/2017 1:36:33 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
To: SGCOS
Aw, ya beat me to it.
I’m sure they’ll also be teaching some lefty-liberal-lies along with this “donation”.
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posted on
05/03/2017 1:37:36 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
That $2 million only amounts to around 3% of their book deals.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
BFD. At $400,000 a lecture, that’s like me putting a dollar in the collection plate every Sunday.
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posted on
05/03/2017 1:39:41 PM PDT
by
QBFimi
(It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
To: Kid Shelleen
I think you will find it full of summer internships to ultra left wing groups. how much for real summer jobs I wonder
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posted on
05/03/2017 1:41:40 PM PDT
by
PCPOET7
(in)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
There will be many no-show jobs,but it will all look great on paper.
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posted on
05/03/2017 1:41:48 PM PDT
by
Mears
(t)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: Responsibility2nd
Darn it! I was all set to say that myself!
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It would be too much to ask for this clown to just go away quietly and hang curtains somewhere...
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posted on
05/03/2017 1:43:57 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
***Knock Out Game Funding ALERT***
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posted on
05/03/2017 1:45:09 PM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Someone important make......The Call!)
To: SaveFerris
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posted on
05/03/2017 1:48:46 PM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: SaveFerris
Rioting is getting expensive.
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posted on
05/03/2017 1:49:28 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
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